Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-20
COMPLET.
One of the Places a sacramentan Did
Not Visit.

One of the Places a Sacramentan Dlo
Not Visit.
John hatcher, a well-known Sacra-
mentan, and his wife returned not
long since from trip to Europe,
where they spent considerable time
visiting points of interest in Germany
and France. John" although OF the
German persuasion, found much to astonish
him in the faderland, but, being of prac-
teal nature, it especially struck him that
there was a great scarcity of double beds IN
that country. and happy faculty OF Item
izing-that is, happy" for the landlord;
For instance, at one place he was charged
81 80 per night for his bedroom, and In
addition the bill presented included such
items as cents for light, 5 cents Tor soap,
etc The bed was, as usual, single one,
with feather mattress, and smaller one
for covering. The Sacramentan IS good
natured, and in consequence has
acquired a comfortable rotundity of
person. When he got into bed he
found that the top mattress had
not been constructed with margin to tuck
in, and in consequence, he had to lie awake
all night to keep the " cover balanced
correctly. In Paris he was more at home
than most strangers would be, as he had
friends there. but nevertheless he found II
decidedly inconvenient now ana again 10
be without an interpreter. On one occa-
sion he had been told by friends of very
interesting place to visit, ana was given
such careful directions that he felt sure he
and his wife might safely venture on the
trip without guide. His Instructions
were to the effect that the cars would take
him the greater portion OF the way. and
omnibuses the remainder. Before he got
to the railroad terminus he had seen so
much that was novel and interesting that
both he and his wife had forgotten the
name of the place they were bound for,
but they concluded they would fol
low the crowd" if the name did not
occur to them in time. Accordingly, when
they left the cars they began looking
around, but saw no one who seemed able
to speak English or German. john did
notice, however, number OF omnlouses
leaving for some destination, full of jolly
passengers, and labeled with placard upon
which was the word a Complet." Finally
it seemed to him that the whole crowd was
going to Complet, and he told his wife they
had better go there too, as evidently 1t was
the boss attraction. Accordingly he called
to the driver of one of the omnibuses, but
no WAS paul u Lin. hhOthCi
came along and he tried to stop it, but,
though it was not so full but that it could
easily accommodate two more passengers,
it passed him. without even hesitating.
John got mad, suspecting that the French
men were imposing upon him because he
was '' foreigner" but nevertheless, deter
mined that the next driver should not
have the excuse that he did not understand
what was wanted, he ran out into the street
and not only hailed him but went through
a pantomime, which must have been very
funny, but still the driver only cracked his
whip and kept On. There were several
other omnibuses and other passenger yehl-
cles there but he had his mind made up to
go TO Complet and nowhere else, princi-
pally because OF its being so difficult to get
there, and, seeing no more "Complet
signs, he and his wife took the next train
for the portion of the city in which they
were residing. Being questioned as to
where they had been and the enjoyment
experienced, John explained that they had
lost track of their original destination alto
gether, and then wanted to go to Complet,
where everybody else was going, but the
blankety blanked frog eating drivers had
neither sense nor politeness, refusing peo-
pie who were willing to pay good fare,
and one of them a lady. His friend did
not seem to understand where Complet
was, and John explained that all he knew
about it was from the signs he saw on the
omnibuses. And then his friend laughed
until he was sore, after which he enlight-
ened the Sacramento traveller. " In this
country" said he, omnibuses are only al
lowed to carry as many people as they can
seat. inside and out. When all the seats
are filled, a card signifying that the vehi-
Gle is complete or full, is posted, and no
one is allowed to get in afterwards" If
John had not been so far from home he
probably would have got complies" him
self when he learned of the mistake he
had made.